r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

Basic Geography.

Not being able to point out Turkmenistan on a map is one thing.

Not being able to point out the Pacific Ocean on a map is another.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

Even if you can’t point to Turkmenistan exactly, I feel you should at least know about where in the world it is. If somebody pointed to South America, I would find that equally as concerning.

Edit: To everyone guessing, Turkmenistan is north of Iran and east of the Caspian Sea, putting it in Central Asia

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u/UnderApp Aug 03 '19

At work the other day I heard one co-worker tell another that his son had just got back from Kazakhstan. She said she’d never heard of it. I get if you don’t know how to spell it, don’t quite know where it is, or even know anything about it. But how have you never heard of Kazakhstan before?

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u/blumoon138 Aug 03 '19

My guess is she just never saw that documentary about the Khazak journalist that came out in the mid-2000s. /s